essenes are a sect of jewish that dwelled in palestine and syria and have been known as ascetics in jew history in second century (bc).this sect because of their special doctorine and rituals that is different of other jewish sects are accounted as heralds of christianity.all of information about this sect has been drived from greek sources and qumran documents that it´s possible these document...

Repetitive and ritualistic behaviours (RRBs) are a feature of both typical and atypical development. While the cognitive correlates of these behaviours have been investigated in some neurodevelopmental conditions these links remain largely unexplored in typical development. The current study examined the relationship between RRBs and executive functions (EF) in a sample of typically developing ...

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A rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's transition from one status to another, including birth, coming-of-age, marriage and death. One of the rite of passage is funeral and its Rituals .A funeral is a ceremony for honoring, respecting, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture...

Background and aims: Much of early medical and nursing practice was based on nonscientific traditions that resulted in variable and haphazard patient outcomes. These traditions and rituals, which were based on folklore, gut instinct, trial and error, and personal preference, were often passed down from one generation of practitioner to another. It has become essential for practitioners to use t...